Cows Under The Weather

Cowp aro very sensitivo as to the influencê of tlio weathor. In bright, elcar days their vital (orces are moro active and vigoroua, digestión is more rapid, and assimilation and wasteare more activo, and secreüous which. liko bui ter, depend upon the destruction of tissue, uro more abundant. Lassitude is favorable to transudation, beCfinso it relaxes the delicate membraues and tnakei the passages of liquida easier, and cÓBBequenlly more abundaiit. Thns, while the fats in milk diniiuish, the ilbuniinoids iucrease in muggy weathor; anti yot a giren weig-ht of mille makes less cheeso than in fair ueilher. Tbis loss in cboese is owing to the fact that as the albumen of the bloo 1 passes óver into thcmilk vesels, the major part of it is cohverted into case i no, which is coagulable by rennct, whilo albiunen is not. This change from albumen to caseine is ctlucted by the viiil forces, aud is inore or less complete as thoy vary in strength. - The greatcr energy of bright days lncrease tlio por cont of caseïne, and makos that of albumen less. In mnggy weather tbie is reversud. These changos oí'len ainount lo enough to ïüakè 'live )er oent difference in the yiold of cbeoae iu favor o f good weather, while the tot'il of albuminoids, as showu by ftiialysis, is the groa tur in the mnggy days. From the dcoreaso in fat and the iucrease of albuminoids, which aro heavier than fat, tlie milk of the ïnuggy days shows the greater siie.c.ific. irr.ivitv. mul vields a loss Der